Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96 after 70-year reign.
Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
Kylie Minogue's signature song 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' was released.
Yellowstone National Park closed for the first time in US history due to ongoing fires.
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
US President Gerald Ford officially pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed as President.
John Lennon's most iconic hit, 'Imagine,' was released in the UK.
Queen Elizabeth II of England officially opened the Severn Bridge in South West England.
'Star Trek: The Original Series' aired for the first time on NBC-TV.
A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
Margaret Gorman from Washington, D.C., became the very first Miss America.
London serial killer Jack the Ripper claimed his second victim, Annie Chapman.
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder, was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral by Archbishop Aribo.
